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The NHS in England has no chance of training enough GPs and nurses to solve the shortages it faces. A report predicts that in the next five years nurse shortages will double and GPs gaps nearly treble. The Nuffield Trust, Health Foundation and King’s Fund all say a combination of international recruitment, student grants and…
Research by the UK’s “big five” children charities has found that England’s child protection and support services are in financial crisis, with the heaviest cuts falling on the north of the country and in the most underprivileged areas. Councils overall suffered a 29% cut in government funding for children’s department between 2010 and 2017-18 which…
Taxi and private hire drivers could have to pass an intensive criminal record checks under government proposals. The Department of Transport has launched a consultation on new rules to better protect vulnerable passengers. Last year a government report found the laws regulating drivers were not “fit for the modern world”. The consultations for England and Wales…
More than 1,000 10 to 19-year-olds were admitted to hospital with knife wounds in 2017/18. The NHS England figure, reveals 54% rise in the number of children and teenagers treated for injuries from knives over five years. Hospital admissions for all injuries caused by an assault with a knife or a sharp object have gone…
A teenage girl feared she would be sexually assaulted when an attacker got into her bedroom shortly after he murdered a man, a court has heard. Ben Harvey, 22, is accused of killing William Rudiak,26, before going on to the girl’s home. In a video interview played to the Winchester Crown Court, the teenager describes…
Survival rates for teenagers and young adults with cancer are improving in England, particularly for those with leukaemia and bone cancer. Survival rates for teenagers and young adults with cancer are improving in England, particularly for those with leukaemia and bone cancer. This has been found after a report was done by Public Health England…
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